strijken

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to stroke
2. (intransitive, transitive) to iron, press (clothes)
3. (intransitive) to play a string instrument
4. (transitive) to lower (sail)

Concepts

iron

lower

drop

bow

🙇

ironing

abase

debase

decrease

degrade

demean

demolish

deprave

descend

destroy

diminish

discredit

downsize

draw

draw a line

go down

humble

humiliate

lessen

let down

look down

mortify

pull down

reduce

roll out

rub

ruin

run down

shrink

sink

streak

strike

wreck

write down

cry down

make a stroke

pull to pieces

stroke

abridge

bring down

chuck

couch

🛋️

cut up

Synonyms

neerlaten

laten zakken

vellen

dalen

zakken

neerhalen

zinken

verzakken

wegzakken

herleiden

in discrediet brengen

inkorten

inkrimpen

kleineren

kleinmaken

aaien

reduceren

ruïneren

strelen

te gronde richten

ten val brengen

trekken

verderven

vereenvoudigen

verlagen

verminderen

vernederen

verootmoedigen

wrijven

zetten

persen

aanstrijken

afbreken

afdraaien

afgeven op

afkammen

aflaten

een streep trekken

gladstrijken

Translations

planchar

streichen

bügeln

repasser

stirare

baisser

abaisser

Bügeln

plätten

senken

planxar

abbassare

passar

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstrɛi̯kə(n)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: striken

Inherited from Old Dutch: *strīcan

In summary

From Middle Dutch striken, from Old Dutch *strīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan, from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg-.